IBM Weds Big Data and AI in Watson-Powered Project DataWorks

New York City — IBM might have finally gotten its data play right. Last night, Armonk, New York-based IBM took over the trendy Hudson Mercantile building to unveil Project DataWorks, a cloud-based data and analytics platform that it claims can integrate all (yes, all) types of data to enable AI-powered decision-making. According to the company, what sets this solution apart is not only its ability to load and transform all data types, but that it makes it simple for users — everyone from CEOs to data scientists — to glean insights based on the same information at the same time. It literally meets you at your competency level. “Most insight efforts have been stovepiped into single business functions, creating multiple realities for an enterprise. Project DataWorks, and IBM’s associated Data…